The lights.
You have to turn out the lights.
Otherwise
the veins show up too much,
they throb from the heat
they no longer flower.
But don’t you see the exact point
where the wire germinates?
It’s only a bare wire . . .
You blame the outlet
that’s always on your wrist
but it’s not beating
it’s blue
deep down
it’s always blue
but it’s not beating.